"Forest Notes" (6238-6240)

Description

Title: "Forest Notes" (6238-6240)
Creator: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Published / Created: [circa 1875-1876]
Description: Autograph manuscript with corrections.
From printed catalog, vol. 5: A part of the manuscript is recorded in revised form in the Edinburgh edition of Stevenson's works, vol. 212, pp. 207-208, where Forest Notes was first published in book form. Most of the manuscript is unpublished. In folder with file numbers 6245: A French legend and thoughts on death, & 6405: In autumn when the woods are red [poem] Folder also includes MS notes by George S. Hellman and chapter XIII excised from R. L. S., by Francis Watt.
In pencil on blue paper.
MS begins: Our life in the forest takes from us all willingness to die.
Extent: 5 l.
approximately 18 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: GEN MSS 664
Collection Title: Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson
Collection/Other Creator: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Collection Date: 1828-1970 (Bulk: 1870-1940)
Collection Note: Series II. Manuscripts. Manuscripts by Robert Louis Stevenson
Container / Volume: Box 30 | Folder 696

Format: text
Genre: Annotations
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Fontainebleau, Forest of (France)--Description and travel

Access: Public
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Citation: Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.